by Frederic Peterson (1859 - 1938)
Language: English
The sweetest flower that blows I give you as we part: For you it is a rose, For me it is my heart. The fragrance it exhales, Ah! if you only knew, Which but in dying fails, it is my love for you. The sweetest flower that grows I give you as we part: You think it but a rose, Ah, me! it is my heart.
Composition:
- Set to music by James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857 - 1940), "At parting", copyright © 1886 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Frederic Peterson (1859 - 1938), "The sweetest flower that blows", appears in In the Shade of Ygdrasil
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Jos. Van de Vijver) , "De schoonste bloem"
- FRE French (Français) [singable] (Frank Valentin Van der Stucken) , "Fleur d'adieu"
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (F. A. Rockar) , "Die schönste Blume"
Researcher for this page: Hanne-Joost Peeters
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 66